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Assembly Bill A1880

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Excludes for-profit business or corporate entities from applying to establish a charter school

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2011-A1880 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2851, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A2335

2011-A1880 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes for-profit business or corporate entities from applying to establish a charter school or from being approved to operate a charter school.

2011-A1880 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1880

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. McENENY, JACOBS, GLICK, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  ABBATE, CAHILL, GOTTFRIED, MARKEY, PRETLOW, WEISENBERG
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eligibility to  estab-
  lish a charter school

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2851  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  101  of  the  laws  of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. An application to establish a charter school may  be  submitted  by
teachers,  parents,  school  administrators,  community residents or any
combination thereof.  Such application may be filed in conjunction  with
a  college, university, museum, educational institution, OR not-for-pro-
fit corporation exempt from taxation under paragraph 3 of subsection (c)
of section 501 of the internal revenue code [or for-profit  business  or
corporate  entity  authorized to do business in New York state. Provided
however, for-profit]. FOR-PROFIT business or  corporate  entities  shall
not  be  eligible to submit an application to establish a charter school
pursuant to subdivision nine-a of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two
of this article, or operate or manage a charter  school  for  a  charter
issued  pursuant  to  subdivision nine-a of section twenty-eight hundred
fifty-two of this article AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL  AN  APPLICA-
TION  TO  ESTABLISH  A  CHARTER  SCHOOL OR APPROVAL TO OPERATE A CHARTER
SCHOOL BE GRANTED TO A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS OR CORPORATE  ENTITY  AUTHOR-
IZED  TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE.  [For charter schools established in
conjunction with a for-profit business or corporate entity, the  charter
shall specify the extent of the entity's participation in the management
and operation of the school.]
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to all
applications to establish a charter school pending or submitted prior to
such effective date and still pending as well  as  to  all  applications
submitted on or after the effective date of this act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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